It is all in the eyes
NZPA-Reuter Boston Whether a baseball player is right or left-handed may not be as important for his performance as which eye is dominant, researchers say. Two University of Florida doctors say they have, discovered that college players who rely on onei eye and" throw
with the opposite hand are better batters. Players whose dominant eye is on the same side as their throwing arm tend to be far better pitchers. Blit? those .who rely equally on both eyes-seem to excel at both hitting and pitching, Drs Jose Portal and. Paul Romano ■
found. "Our findings suggest that particular eye-hand dominance patterns may contribute both to athletic proficiency and to. relative success as a pitcher or batter,” they said in a letter published in an , i issue ,bf the “New England .Journal of Medicine.”
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